Bellon, Yannick

(Marie-Annick Bellon / April 6, 1924, Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France - )

   The daughter of a magistrate father and a photogra­pher mother, she spent a year at IDHEC before enter­ing films as an editor (1947 Paris 1900, documentary, Nicole Védrès; La Cathédrale, short, Jean Béranger; Illu­sion, short, Jean Rougeul; 1948 Transports urbains, short, Marcel Gibaud; Versailles et ses Fantômes, short, Jean Béranger; 1950 Rondo sur la Piste, short, also technical adviser, Maurice Henry; Toulouse Lautrec, short, Robert Hessens; 1951 Les Petits Mystères de Paris, short, Pierre Gout; 1953 Les Crimes de l'Amour, segment "Mina de Vanghel", Maurice Clavel, Maurice Barry; Au Cœur des Alpes, short, Mildred Pease; Pastorale interrompue, short, Mildred Pease; 1958 Images pour Baudelaire, short, Pierre Kast; 1959 Le Bel Âge, Pierre Kast; Une Question d'Assurance, short, Pierre Kast; 1960 Natercia / Merci Natercia, Pierre Kast; 1961 La Morte-Saison des Amours, Pierre Kast; 1963 Vacances portugaises / Les Egarements / Os sorrisos do Destino, Pierre Kast, France / Portugal; 1983 Quatre Hommes et une Marsouine, short, Pierre Guéguen, Monique Muntcho, Albert Viguier). She also was an assistant director (1950 Ce Siècle a Cinquante Ans / Hallo, die grosse Weltrevue / Die letzten 60 Jahren / USA: Days of Our Years, documentary, Denise Tual).

   Other credit (technical cooperation):

1963 ◘ En Compagnie de Max Linder (documentary, Maud Linder).

   Her sister was actress Loleh Bellon (1925-1999).

 Filmography

1948 ◘ Goémons (short; also screenwriter)

1951 ◘ Colette (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Tourisme / Le Tourisme en France (documentary; medium-length; also screenwriter)

1955 ◘ Varsovie quand même . . . (short; also screenwriter)

1957 ◘ Die Windrose / A Rosa-dos-Ventos (segment "Un Matin comme les Autres"; also screenwriter; East Germany / Brazil / USSR)

1959 ◘ Les Hommes oubliés (short; co-director with Jacques Villemot; shot in 1957)

        ◘ Le Second Souffle (short)

1960 ◘ Zaa, petit Chameau blanc (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Bureau des Mariages (short)

        ◘ Main basse sur Bel (short; co-director with Jean Salvy)

        ◘ Bagatelle pour un Centenaire (short; co-director with Jean Salvy)

1972 ◘ Quelque Part, quelqu'un / USA: Somewhere, Someone (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1974 ◘ La Femme de Jean / UK and USA: John's Wife (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1976 ◘ Jamais plus toujours / UK: Never Again Always / USA: Nevermore, Forever (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1978 ◘ L'Amour violé / USA: Rape of Love (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1981 ◘ L'Amour nu (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1984 ◘ La Triche (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1989 ◘ Les Enfants du Désordre / UK festival: Children of Chaos (also original story, co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1992 ◘ L'Affût (also co-screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

1966 ◘ Bibliothèque de Poche (TV series)

2001 ◘ Le Souvenir d'un Avenir / USA: Remembrance of Things to Come (documentary; short; co-direc­tor with Chris Marker; also co-screenwriter)